Dana: Since the pandemic started, there hasn't been an underperforming PPV

[Johnnny]

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Dana White talking about PPV buys:
"Since the pandemic started, there hasn't been a bad pay-per-view, they've all been overperforming"


UFC 250 in June, which was headlined by Amanda Nunes following two manlet bouts, did 85,000 buys. That tied UFC 224, also headlined by Nunes, as the worst-performing PPV in 16 years. You have to go back all the way to UFC 249 in 2004 to find a card that did worse.

The numbers for UFC 255 in November and UFC 256 in December haven't been released yet. But given that they were both main-evented by manlets and one had WMMA as a co-main, it is safe to say both did less than 200,000 buys.

During fight week for UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, Dana said it was "trending off the charts" and could potentially be the UFC's highest selling PPV of all-time. So the fact that it only did 675,000 buys is a colossal underperformance.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

We don’t get official numbers anymore. No matter what any website claims.

They are just guessing at numbers. They could be way off or on the money. WE DONT KNOW. Speculation is pointless


Different events have different budgets and expected profit margins. Once again we don’t have access to the financials of the UFC. Speculation is pointless.

 

[theTKDguy]

They had really low expectations on Nunes vs spencer then <45>

 

[Chubi]

Even if the UFC did bad numbers, I'm still impressed by how they managed to bring events the way they did during a pandemic.

 

[TheSpider]

And yet Figger couldn’t get PPV points even though he headlined 2 PPVs. Classic U Fight Cheap

 

[wwkirk]

We don’t get official numbers anymore. No matter what any website claims.

They are just guessing at numbers. They could be way off or on the money. WE DONT KNOW. Speculation is pointless


Different events have different budgets and expected profit margins. Once again we don’t have access to the financials of the UFC. Speculation is pointless.

Even so, Dana would never lie.








Right?

 

[TJ177]

People have been hoarding their money and waiting for the PPV that had Jessica Eye on the main card.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

Even so, Dana would never lie


Right?

Very possible he could be lying. He lies a lot. Wouldn’t be surprised

I never commented on whether or not the statement was true since I don’t know. What I am criticizing is OP drawing conclusions from faulty data. It is irrational to treat speculation as fact.

 

[chance mccoy]

Goofus will always goof

 

[TysonandKhabib]

Of course not...

 

[PicoPulse]

Dana White: You Know What Covid Told Me? He Wants Everyone! In Brooklyn! Isn't the Pandemic Fucking Awesome?

 

[aali14]

Dana full of shit as always

 

[Willy Knuckles]

Lol I never seen a company so desperate to have their "success" acknowledged. Every fuckin interview is the same old shit. Dana trying to convince everyone that they did well during the pandemic. Literally since August he says some shit like that in every interview. It's like Trump trying to convince everyone he handled the Covid outbreak well. So weird